During a break in practice, Ryan asked Betty why she took the initiative to teach him these things. This cannot be blamed on Ryan's suspicion. After seeing the general blockade of knowledge in the wizarding world, Ryan simply did not believe in a free lunch.
After hearing Ryan's question, Betty said solemnly: "Because we need more comrades. Follow me and you will know why."
After speaking, Betty took Ryan to the ground of a giant tree and waved. The giant tree stretched out a branch to form a circular platform. The two people walked onto the platform, and the platform slowly rose to the top of the tree.
After reaching the top of the tree, Betty pointed in a direction and said: "Since this is called the Emerald Dream, there are bad nightmares. And our centaur tribe lives in the Forbidden Forest, and a very important task is to eliminate the existence of nightmares.
."
Ryan looked at the place Betty pointed at and found that the woods in that place were very different from other places. The woods in other places were green and full of life, but that patch of woods was dark and dead.
"That's that?" Ryan asked Betty, pointing to the distinctive woodland.
"This story has to start from the beginning, starting with our society of centaurs." Betty began to tell the story of the forest of death.
"We centaurs are the only permanent intelligent creatures in this forbidden forest. Since ancient times, whichever forest we live in, we have to maintain the natural balance of the forest. Male centaurs in the tribe are often responsible for hunting, gathering or going out.
You humans can usually only see them. But in fact, the horse people are a matriarchal society. Female horse people generally do not leave the village. They are responsible for the safety and health of the horse people. At the same time, because male horse people sometimes behave in some unreliable ways
, so the leader of the tribe is a woman.”
"The most important thing is that unlike male centaurs who are good at divination and combat, women are good at communicating with nature and can master natural magic and communicate with the Emerald Dream more skillfully than male centaurs."
Seeing Ryan's eyes full of doubts, Betty stopped and asked thoughtfully: "Little Pony, is there something you don't understand and you want to ask a question?"
"It may be a bit presumptuous, but the textbook I studied at most said that you centaurs are good at healing magic, archery, astronomy and divination. It never said that you were good at other things."
"Haha." Betty flicked her tail disdainfully and said, "Most wizards look at other creatures like blind people, and they are never willing to explore the truth of the matter. As far as I know, there are still people in your Ministry of Magic
A ridiculous Centaur liaison office. But since its establishment, no Centaur has ever been there."
After mocking the stupid Ministry of Magic, Betty went on to say: "Originally, we lived quietly in this forest without any major problems for hundreds of years, but something big happened nearly forty years ago."
"Big thing? What big thing? I only know that this period is also a dark period for us human wizards. Does it matter?" Ryan asked curiously.
"It's very possible, because the trouble is caused by a dark creature: the Acromantula. They reproduce rapidly here. You know, they have no natural enemies in this forest, which causes their number to begin to increase exponentially.
.What followed was devastating damage to the local ecological fabric.”
At this point, Betty began to dig the ground unconsciously, looking very angry. "Our fathers had discovered traces of Acromantula at the earliest, but there was only one at that time, so everyone didn't take it seriously. But later, I don't know why.
One came and matched up with the original one. When we found it, there were already too many of them and we couldn't kill them all."
Betty became more and more angry as she spoke, but when she realized that Ryan was beside her, she slowly calmed down and said: "You know, even if the centaurs in the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts are the largest group of centaurs in the UK,
, but we only have more than sixty people. We can't cope with hundreds of huge spiders at all. So we can only choose to limit the spider's activity range and shoot all spiders that are beyond the range.
But even so, this circle is getting bigger and bigger. At the same time, their dark aura and destructive hunting have killed that piece of nature, and projected it into the Emerald Dream, which is the dead forest you see.
"
"Why don't you tell Principal Dumbledore? I think the principal can solve this problem." Ryan said with some confusion.
"This is a matter of natural balance. It is a matter for us centaurs or people like you who are recognized by the Emerald Dream. We should not bother other wizards to interfere. Not to mention the agreement we signed with the wizards back then, the castle and the grounds belong to
The school and the Forbidden Forest belong to us. Neither side should interfere in what happens in the other's domain."
Well, it’s really hard to continue discussing this kind of political issue. But when he heard Betty mention that the Acromantula was causing trouble in the Forbidden Forest, Ryan suddenly felt that today was his lucky day, and he quickly said to Betty:
"I want to make a certain magic item now, but I don't have the materials. So after much deliberation, only the Acromantulas in the Forbidden Forest can provide the materials. What I thought at the time was that only they are not native to the local area.
.Killing them will not disrupt the local balance."
"Oh, really? As far as I know, you humans tend to have the most powerful motivations when driven by interests, so what you are saying is that you will join in the eradication of the Acromantids that destroy the ecological balance of the Forbidden Forest.
Come to the Spider War, right?" Betty said looking a little happy.
"Yes, ma'am." Ryan nodded to confirm this, and then Betty added: "But as a second-year little wizard, I'm curious about what cards you have to kill those nasty Acromantulas with confidence.
After all, I also know what level you human wizards are at your age. I don’t think that average level will be of any use in this conflict."
"Hmm..." Ryan thought for a moment and decided to reveal some of his trump cards to ensure cooperation.
"You saw last time that I could summon some magical plants. In fact, the number I can summon is much more than what you saw last time. Give me some time, and I can even arrange an army of plants. Except that it cannot move,
No big problem.”
Betty nodded when she heard this: "When we first met, those plants of yours gave me a very dangerous feeling. I believe they should have fighting power."
Seeing Ryan's hesitant expression, Betty said: "I know your ability may arouse the jealousy of others, but in the Forbidden Forest, both us centaurs and the unicorns who came to help this time are different from humans.
We will never spy on anything belonging to our allies, let alone be jealous because of their strength. We can swear in the name of nature that no matter what we see, we will not reveal it to the outside world, nor will we spy on your things."
As soon as Betty finished speaking, Ryan felt that this oath was closely related to the Emerald Dream. He could feel that once this oath was violated, there would be a natural backlash.
Ryan felt embarrassed: "Madam, this..."
Betty was very free and easy: "As our first human ally in the past fifty years, this is the only way to reassure everyone. Besides, as long as you don't break your oath, nothing will happen, right?"
Ryan was very touched in his heart. He felt that the biggest gain from coming to the Forbidden Forest this time was the friendship of a centaur friend.